Events, Meetings, Activities, and Special Offers for Members

Jul 15 to Sep 30, Short and Suite Summer Getaway at Park Hyatt Saigon Share the “suite” memories with your other half by spending a leisurely night pampered in a Park Suite, with early check in on Saturday and late check out on Sunday. Your suite experience is further enhanced with one 60 minute aromatherapy massage for 2 people, and a Sunday Prosecco brunch at Opera for 2. Other dining options during your stay are also offered at a 10% discount.

SPACE FOR LEASE Approx. 254m2. Prime location in a luxury five-star hotel in the center of Ho Chi Minh City

Su-Fr, Jul 17 – 22 Oyster Heaven Opens at the Caravelle It’s that time again in Vietnam, when fishermen haul in heavy nets filled with the briny fruits of the sea. The delectable oyster is in the spotlight this July, as the Caravelle presents the mysterious mollusk at three of its most popular dining venues.

“Your Passport to Life” by Life Resorts The newest excuse to get some sand between your toes, ‘Your Passport to Life’ promo offers special prices to residents who stay at any of the four-star Life Resorts properties within their specified 30-day period. And this August is exclusively for residents from the US and Canada.

Sa, Sep 10 – Sa, Dec 3 AmCham Scholarship Program AmCham will grant scholarships to 40 top students in partnership with Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Banking University, Foreign Trade University in Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law and Hoa Sen University.

News and Issues Updates

Code labours to strike right balance The draft Labour Code is one of the most important laws Vietnam will adopt in this decade. It is a pillar in the foundation of Vietnam’s competitiveness in global markets. The extensive consultations by the diverse stakeholders in the draft amendments and the progress that has been achieved through them are an encouraging sign that this process will reach a successful balancing of interests, but success should never be taken for granted.

U.S., Vietnam to hold joint naval activities in Danang starting July 15 “We’ve had a presence in the Western Pacific and the South China Sea for 50 to 60 years, even going back before World War II,” Rear Adm. Tom Carney, who is leading the naval exchange, told reporters in Danang, according to AP. “We have no intention of departing from that kind of activity.”

Developing a 21st Century Workforce in Vietnam Vietnam’s top technical universities, working with universities in the U.S., Intel, and the U.S. and Vietnamese governments, have embarked on an ambitious initiative to modernize their engineering degree programs, in the “Higher Engineering Education Alliance Program.”

Vietnam Competitiveness Report, 2010 – Michael Porter, et. al. Vietnam’s growth since the mid-1980s has been driven by transition and structural change. More recently, the policy response mainly focuses on intensifying investment, especially in SOEs and infrastructure, to generate growth rather than on upgrading productivity and efficiency. But the economic logic behind this growth model ultimately has limited potential.

Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index, 2010 Using new survey data from 7,300 businesses in Vietnam that describe firm perceptions of their local business environments and hard data, the PCI 2010 continues to benchmark the capacity of local governments to develop regulatory environments for private sector development. The PCI 2010 report includes a special feature on survey results from 1,155 foreign invested enterprises.

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